Teen Snuck in Through the Window and Killed Girl, 15, Found in Pool of Blood

Mar. 15, 2025

Madison Gesswein.Photo: Peachtree City Police Department

A Georgia teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl in her bedroom in the middle of the night last year.

Madison Gesswein, 15, was killed in her Peachtree City, Ga., home on Feb. 21, 2023, Peachtree City Police Departmentsaidat the time.

Justus Smith (left); Jacobean Brown; and Yeshua Mathis.Peachtree City Police Department (3)

Prosecutors said that Madison had an argument with the three defendants on the night before the murder, per theJournal-Constitutionand The Citizen. The three men were at Madison’s home the evening before the murder, Peachtree City Assistant Chief Matt Myers said at the time, per The Citizen.

The argument was through text messages, which authorities say they reviewed during their investigation, per theJournal-Constitutionand The Citizen.

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source: people.com